Underage Bloggers Beware!!

An alarming story, "As Teens Embrace Blogs, Schools Sound the Alarm" from ASCD Smartbrief has everyone paging through their Code of Conduct and policy manuals. This article really makes me wonder if schools or home should be responsible for making sure that ethics and law of the Internet be covered in our curriculum. I would hope it would be collaborative approach but I know that it won't be; schools are going to be the ones to be blamed if a child gets hurt. Public schools already have character education programs in place but it seems imperative that we update our bullying and harassement talks to include 'how we handle ourselves in hyperspace'. Many colleges and universities are disciplining students because of content that appears on Facebook or MySpace.com. Not only are college students posting questionable content, so are high school students who have found their way to these two Internet sites:

Many are posting provocative pictures, discussing real or imagined sex lives,berating and threatening one another, and recounting drinking and drug use. And that can get them in trouble with stalkers, authority figures and even future employers, experts say.